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42 — The Prince George Citizen TV TIMES — August 21th, 1987

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Sylvester Stallone has got to run outevery of time he’s turned on inM y Demon tiO I E S macho names soon. Rocky, Rambo,Lo ve r (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Cobra — and, now, Hawk, a good-guyVideo). * Warner Home Video has extended trucker seeking fame and fortune in the Harvey Korman and company get a its “ Best O f The L o t” movie sale w ith a brawny world of... armwrestling.O ver little too manic inM unchies (M G M /U A special “ Die Laughing” promotion The Top (Warner Home Video) is predict­ Home Video), a horror spoof about aspotlighting comedy and horror flicks able Stallone fare — underdog out togang oGremlin-type f junk-food junkies at $29.98 each. Among the titles:The make good. But it’s decent summertime from outer space. Amityville Horror, Creepshow, Cujo, viewing: No thinking required. And a Manhattan brothel provides the Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, and R isky Hey, w inter’s not that far away, and ski backdrop for a surprisingly enlighteningBusiness. expert Warren M ille r gets viewers primed look atWorking Girls (Charter Entertain­ * Vestron Video is teaming up with w ith a tour o f some daring skiing featsment). ABC to produce a video cassette of in Beyond The Edge (Lorimar Home Pope John Paul IPs U.S. tour in Video). September. Linda Hamilton attracts the strangest * Charter Entertainment has pegged leading men! First, there wasThe Term i­ Sept. 16 as the release date o f The nator. And this fall, she hits prime-time Red-Headed Stranger, the western TV in CBS’sBeauty And The Beast. In the inspired by W illie Nelson’s album of meantime, though, she experiences the the same name. terror (and occasional comedy) Kof in g * And Paramount Home Video has K ong Live s (Lorimar Home Video). already chalked up a date fo r the video Family Ties star Scott Valentine pro­ release o f Star Trek IV : The Voyage vides an occasional chuckle, too, as a Hom e. The flick is due to hit video lonely guy who sprouts horns andOver furthe Top I stores on Sept. 30. THE TOP 10 I R E N D h VIDEO RESITRLS

Video retailers from across Canada and 1. Crocodile Dundee (Paramount the U.S. gathered in Las Vegas this week Home Video) fo r the annual pep-rally convention o f the 2. The Three Amigos (HBO Video) Video Software Dealers Association. 3. Critical Condition (Paramount “ Both Sides O f The Coin,” the theme of Home Video) this year’s convention, focused retailer 4. Black Widow (CBS/Fox Video) attention on the benefits of video sales as 5. Nightmare On Elm Street 3: well as rentals. Dream Warriors (Media Home I t ’s more or less a rehash o f the Entertainment) preaching that retailers have been hearing 6. The Color Purple (Warner Home over and over fo r several years now. S ilkw o o d Video) Studios are keeping up their drive for The Reel Deals campaign now features 7. Hannah And Her Sisters (HBO sales w ith price-cutting promotions moviescom­ at a suggested retail price of Video) ing one after another, faster than ever.$24.95 — the lowest Canadian price yet 8. Crimes O f The Heart (Lorim ar Embassy Home Entertainment from a major studio movie promotion. Home Video) launches its second “ Cheap C hills” cam­Among the titles:The Cotton Club, The 9. The Bedroom Window (Vestron paign next week, as well as the fourthGolden Seal, Labyrinth, Savanna Smiles, Video) edition o f its “ Reel Deals” sale. Silkw ood, and Eddie And The Cruisers. 10. N a tive Son (Lightning Video)